The charge from the Lord this week is, “Be ye strong in the Lord.” The time for lukewarmness is over. The season for prayerlessness is over. The season for spiritual carelessness is over. Be ye strong in the Lord. Beloved, this is a divine privilege, as the Holy Spirit is ministering to me. God’s power is limitless. God’s power is unstoppable. God’s power is irresistible. And we
are being charged to enter into the realm where the Lord our God will show Himself strong. Beloved, the strength of God can enter into your soul and you will go from a
weakling to a giant. It is a command and you need it. You have so many enemies. You have so many things opposing you. You have mountains to climb. You have valleys to traverse. You have distractions to overcome. It’s a command. Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His
might. I echo the words of the psalmist in Psalm 46:

 

 

Therein lies the secret; that if He is my strength, I will pursue Him. If He is my strength, I will look for Him. If He is my strength, I will seek Him without reserve, wholeheartedly. Because I want Him to take me higher. I want Him to defeat these enemies. I want Him to propel me into the realms of glory and victory and joy and power; where I’m able to run down the enemy, where I’m able to defeat the strongholds of Satan, where I’m able to take back territories stolen from me.

 

Be strong in the Lord. It’s a command. You can no longer rest on your laurels. You can no longer rest on the victories of yesterday. God wants to do something new and He’s left it in the realm of intercession and prayer, in the realm of sacrifice, in the realm of diligence. Because He’s a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. There is a reserve of strength and power belonging to all of us and God is calling the Church, “Come and get it. Come and get it. Come and get it. Seek Me until you enter in to it.” You can be strong. You can be moved by the Holy Spirit where you overcome your limitations, your weaknesses, your rejection, your fears, your insecurities, your doubts. Beloved, it belongs to us.

 

“In the Lord,” he says, “be strong.” You remember David says, “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” And the question came to him, “Who shall I fear?” (Psalm 27:1) In other words, “I entered a realm where I saw the Lord my God for who He is. And I wondered then who is there to fear.” But if I’m not in that realm, I’m afraid. Many times when I’ve declared my confidence in the Lord, some people are even concerned. Some people view it as pride. Some people view it as other things. Not knowing that the psalmist says, “My soul shall make her boast in the Lord. But only the humble shall hear thereof and be glad” (Psalm 34:2). My soul shall make her boast in the Lord.

 

Beloved, there is a sense of invincibility when we enter into the realm of God’s power. And that’s what I want to charge you to do. Be strong in the Lord. There’s no more reason for your excuses. You cannot excuse your failure. You cannot excuse your weakness. You cannot excuse your fear. You cannot excuse your rejection. It is time for you to tap into the power of God to show up in your heart and strengthen you, to show up in your spirit and build you up, to show up in your heart and raise you from your crippleness and stand you on your own two feet. This
is the time to dispense with self-confidence and get into God-confidence. Get into God’s power. Get into God’s favor. That is the season God is calling you and I into, in the name of Jesus. Forget what you can do. Forget what you have done. God has a miracle with your name on it today. In Jesus name, Amen.

 

– Apostle Chika